Method of making squids and the like



April 1936. c. T. PFLUEGER ,127

METHOD OF MAKING SQUIDS AND THE LIKE Original Filed Oct. 10, 1931 2 a 0% T- m 5 51 41% 3 ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 21, 1936 METHOD OF MAKING SQUIDS AND THE LIKE Charles T. Pflueger, Akron, Ohio, assignor to The Enterprise Manufacturing Company, Akron, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Original application October 10, 1931, Serial No. 568,173. Divided and this application April 25, 1934, Serial No. 722,336

3 Claims. (C1. 29-148) The present invention relates to methods of making metal squids and the like such as used in deep sea fishing. These squids are required to have a very high specific gravity and are usually made of tin. It is also required that these squids be finished with a bright reflecting surface which will not readily tarnish and will resist the action of the water. Heretofore, squids have been made of solid brass or similar metal which is expensive, or of lead and lead and Wood which have been treated or plated to give the requisite luster and brilliance, but such processes have not been altogether satisfactory as the expense is high and the surfaces do not have the requisite brilliance and permanence.

My invention proposes to obviate these difliculties and to provide an improved method for making a composite squid which shall be inexpensive and shall have the requisite specific gravity and superior reflecting surface.

This application is a division of my copending application, Serial No. 568,173, filed October 10, 1931.

The squid may be of any desired shape and that illustrated herein is chosen solely for the purpose of illustrating the invention.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the new and. improved squid;

Figure 2 is a view looking at the lower side thereof;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1; and

Figure 5 is a similar section showing the first step in the manufacture of the squid.

In the manufacture of the improved squid, the body of the squid is made of nickeled silver or some similar metal which is of high luster and retains its brilliance at all times. The body is made usually by a stamping process in troughshaped form in any desired configuration as shown at l. About its rim or outer surface the body is provided with a surrounding flange 2. Into this body is poured molten lead 5 which fills the body and may spread out over the flange 2. When the metal has chilled, the body is trimmed as shown at the dotted lines in Figure 5.

Over the bait is then placed the plate 6 of the same material as the part I which encloses the body of lead and gives a uniform appearance to the bait. The usual grommet 8 may be added for attachment of the line at one end and a loop or clevis Ill at the opposite end for the reception of the hook H, both the grommet 8 and clevis l0 extending through the metal shell I and cover plate 6 so as to retain said members in assembled relation.

It will be seen that the objects of the invention have been attained by the formation of the composite body which has the requisite density of lead and has the desirable finish of other metals such as tin, nickeled silver, brass, stainless steel or the like.

What is claimed is:

1. The method of making squids which comprises forming an open, trough-like, metal shell having a marginal flange, filling the shell with molten metal, removing the flange from the shell after the metal has hardened, mounting a plate on the structure over the filler metal, and attaching it thereto.

2. In a method of making squids, the steps of forming an open, trough-like, shell of metal having an outer surface of high luster, said shell having a marginal flange disposed in the plane of the open face of the shell, filling the shell with molten metal, severing the said flange after the filler metal has solidified, and then covering the exposed surface of the filler metal with a plate of the same metal as the shell.

3. A method as defined in claim 2 including attaching the cover plate to the squid body by means of a grommet at one end thereof and a clevis at the other end.

CHARLES T. PFLUEGER. 

